Jared Allen on Sack Record Quest, Vikings & Chiefs Exploits, HOF Potential | Half-Forgotten History
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5-time Pro Bowl DE Jared Allen joins Trey to discuss playing at Idaho State, being a 4th-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2004 NFL Draft , what it was like to play for Dick Vermeil in KC, what makes Arrrowhead Stadium such a special venue, why he decided to leave KC for the Minnesota Vikings, what it was like to sign a massive $72-million deal as the league's highest-paid defensive player, losing in the NFC Championship Game in 2009 when Brett Favre threw a costly interception, being the man credited with the sack when Dan Orlovsky infamously ran out of his own end zone, his quest for the sack record in 2011 where he almost got the record vs Aaron Rodgers, playing in Super Bowl 50 vs Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos , how he's taken up the sport of Curling with the goal of making the U.S. Olympic team, the origins of his signature sack celebration for his calf-roping background, and his candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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